Lux Pascal dishes on her sibling bond with Pedro Pascal, ‘Donnie Darko’ crush, & having a “degree in gayness”
A post shared by Lux Pascal (@luxpascal_)Actress and activist Lux Pascal might be following in the thespian footsteps of her older brother Pedro, but she’s no “nepo sibling”—she’s carving a path all her own.Though she was born in California, Pascal relocated with her family to their native Chile at a young age.
While Pedro remained stateside to pursue a film and television career, she found her passion for the arts through Chilean theater, particularly the works of queer playwrights like Ramón Griffero and Manuela Infante.During her time studying theater in college in Santiago, Pascal made her stage debut and landed her first TV role in the drama Los 80, which led to a steady stream of screen work in the 2010s, including Chilean miniseries Juana Brava, and an arc opposite her brother in Netflix‘s Narcos.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.In 2019, she returned to the U.S.
and enrolled in the prestigious Juilliard School’s MFA Acting program. During her studies, she began the process of gender-affirming care and, in 2021, announced she is a transgender woman with a powerful interview and photospread in the Chilean magazine Ya.“My sister, my heart, our Lux.”Last year, Pascal graduated from Juilliard and was among the star-studded ensemble of Love In Gravity season 2—alongside names like Gina Torres, Froy Gutierrez, and Jake Borelli—the acclaimed narrative audio series focused on “normalizing HIV prevention and increasing awareness among the Latin LGBTQ+ community.”Next, she takes the lead in in the dramatic short film Bust from director Angal Field (co-starring Gossip Girl‘s Cole Doman), where she plays a trans NYPD officer who goes undercover in a dangerous drug ring.
